by HIStalk | May 15, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Cerner to Work With DrFirst to Connect to State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Cerner will connect its systems to state prescription drug monitoring program databases using DrFirst. Erlanger working with tech companies to launch new era of artificial...
by HIStalk | May 14, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Top News AliveCor extends its ECG lead (no pun intended) over Apple with KardiaMobile 6L, which offers a six-lead ECG and expanded detection of arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, and tachycardia. The $150 consumer device has earned FDA clearance,...
by The Health Care Blog | May 14, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
SPONSORED POST By IRENA LUO Considered a major hallmark of the Health 2.0 Annual Conference, these two opportunities for tech presentations are a chance for entrepreneurs and startups to gain visibility for their products with potential investors, partners and peers....
by HIStalk | May 14, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
AliveCor’s FDA-cleared 6-lead ECG aims to detect more than the Apple Watch AliveCor gains FDA clearance for a new ECG device that, when it debuts in June, will be the first consumer-grade product to monitor heart activity on six different leads. MiraMed and Medac...
by The Health Care Blog | May 13, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By DAVID SHAYWITZ The dashboard is the potent symbol of our age. It offers the elegant visualization of data, and is intended to capture and represent the performance of a system, revealing at a glance current status, and pointing out potential emerging concerns....
by HIStalk | May 13, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
We as CMIOs are often called upon to try to use data, information, and knowledge to try to solve complex problems that are caused by specific factors within the US healthcare system. They might be tied to low health literacy, funding barriers, or the high cost of...
by HIStalk | May 13, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Patient health information needs to be readily accessible David Brailer, MD, PhD – the country’s first National Coordinator – urges support for HHS’s proposed interoperability rules. $6 million billing loss leads to another internal investigation in Escambia County...
by HIStalk | May 12, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Top News David Brailer, MD, PhD – the country’s first National Coordinator going back to 2004 – urges support for HHS’s proposed interoperability rules. He says that $35 billion worth of incentive payments have made EHRs almost universal, but those systems “have...
by The Health Care Blog | May 10, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess is in Italy…and has me up far too early in the morning for this episode. On Episode 79, Jess asks me for an update on uBiome after their raid by the FBI. We also talk about nutrition startup Noom’s $58 million raise and clinician...
by HIStalk | May 10, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Weekly News Recap DocuTAP and Practice Velocity merge Harris Healthcare acquires Uniphy Health The Chartis Group changes private equity owners The Practice Fusion unit of Allscripts is served a criminal grand jury subpoena related to EHR certification and...
by The Health Care Blog | May 10, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By BISHAL GYAWALI, MD Keynote speech on the JAVELIN not going far enough to improve survival The treatment landscape for metastatic renal-cell carcinoma has changed dramatically with the introduction of immunotherapies. Unfortunately though, we are promoting...
by HIStalk | May 10, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Novant Health launches digital health and engagement business division Novant Health (NC) forms a digital health and engagement division to enhance its ability to virtually connect with patients from anywhere at any time. LetsGetChecked Announces $30 Million in Series...
by HIStalk | May 9, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Top News Harris Healthcare acquires clinical communication and collaboration software company Uniphy Health for an undisclosed sum. Uniphy Health merged with PracticeUnite in 2016. Webinars May 21 (Tuesday) 2:00 ET. “Cloud-Based Data Management: Solving Healthcare’s...
by HIStalk | May 9, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
The Big FibBy Weary Healthcare Traveler On Tuesday, May 7, Don Rucker appeared before the Senate to garner support for ONC’s new rule relating to 21st Century Cures. Although he used complex language and invoked incantations of magic like JASON, Restful Services,...
by The Health Care Blog | May 9, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Accenture’s Brian Kalis, catches us up to speed on some of the survey work and analysis the consulting giant has been working on. In particular, Accenture is seeing a generational divide amongst Baby Boomers & the Millennials/Generation Z’s, the latter of which...
by HIStalk | May 9, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
I hope EHR vendors are busily refining and provider organizations are busily implementing software that allows providers to see relative drug costs at the point of care, because we’re about to start seeing a lot more conversations around it. HHS Secretary Alex Azar...
by HIStalk | May 9, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Harris Healthcare Group Acquires Uniphy Health to Extend Its Suite of Clinical Solutions Harris Computer Systems acquires clinical communication and collaboration software company Uniphy Health. Audax Private Equity Announces Recapitalization of the Chartis Group...
by The Health Care Blog | May 8, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By HAYWARD ZWERLING, MD The high cost, low quality and systemic inequities of the U.S. healthcare system have been the impetus for its redesign. Our healthcare system is now controlled by Consolidated Healthcare institutions, Insurance companies, Pharmaceutical...
by HIStalk | May 8, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Stephen Brown, MSW, LCSW is director of preventive emergency medicine at University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. Tell me about yourself and your job. I’m director of preventive emergency medicine at University of Illinois Hospital and Health...
by HIStalk | May 8, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Allscripts electronic health records unit receives grand jury subpoena The Practice Fusion unit of Allscripts has been served a criminal grand jury subpoena regarding EHR certification and anti-kickback statue compliance, according to company SEC filings. Providing...
by HIStalk | May 7, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Top News CMS Administrator Seema Verma invites people to tell their stories of their struggles in obtaining copies of their health records or with providers failing to share their information. My personal experience (and that of others) is that alerting HHS, including...
by The Health Care Blog | May 7, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Today on THCB Spotlight, Jess sits down with Max Kerz, the Chief Technologist for Bayer’s G4A Partnerships Program. Max tells us all about how the program has changed since last year, and gives some tips and tricks for applying. Watch their conversation below for all...
by The Health Care Blog | May 7, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By LYNLY JEANLOUIS Health insurance companies are standing in the way of many patients receiving affordable, quality healthcare. Insurance companies have been denying patient claims for medical care, all while increasing monthly premiums for most Americans. Many of...
by HIStalk | May 7, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Kaiser Permanente Launches Social Health Network to Address Social Needs on a Broad Scale Kaiser Permanente will leverage social services coordination software from Unite Us as part of a new Thrive Local network that will connect members with community-based services....
by The Health Care Blog | May 7, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
The 16th Annual WorldHealth Care Congress (WHCC19) took place in Washington DC last week. What a great mix of people sharing ideas, opinions, policies, technologies, and regulations – and other thoughts on their minds – for transforming our screwed-up...
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